Akali vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Akali
based on 4,902 Akali vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Zac
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Zac
Kill all of Zac's bloblets when he splits apart to stop him from reforming.
Silences, stuns, roots and knockups will all interrupt Zac when he is charging Elastic Slingshot.
Zac heals from the goo that separates from him. You can crush the goo pieces by stepping on them.
Akali vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Akali in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Akali vs. Zac counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the two. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zac’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Zac. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Akali often has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Zac. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Zac
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Who is Better, Akali or Zac?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually loses when facing off against Zac, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a bad counter to Zac.
While Akali does have a lower win rate than Zac, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Akali into Zacas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Akali is a bad counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Akali against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali to counter Zac during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali typically picks up more CS relative to Zac. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Akali versus Zac build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Akali used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Zac than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 46.7% battling Zac with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Zac as Akali, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Akali vs Zac battles, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.7% winrate overall.
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